I cast a vote for a searchable archive. Another list I'm on has it and I use it
all the time.

Andrea

--
Andrea Vine, avine@eng.sun.com
Sun-Netscape Alliance i18n architect
Necessity is the mother of strange bedfellows.
-- Dr. Dave Farber (father of SNOBOL and one of the creators of Token Ring)

Tom Emerson wrote:
>
> Basis Technology would be willing and able to host a digested version of the
> Unicode list, and can also host a searchable archive of the traffic, if
> there is sufficient interest in having this done. Obviously if the UC
> decides to make digests an option, this becomes moot.
>
> Those who think having the option of the digest form can email privately:
> I'll keep the "voting" open until the end of next week. Based on that
> feedback I'll decided whether to go ahead with this project or not.
>
> -tree
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doug Ewell [mailto:dewell@compuserve.com]
> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2000 10:54 AM
> To: Unicode List
> Subject: Re: Level of traffic on Unicode List
>
> I'm sure Marion didn't intend to add yet another off-topic thread to
> this mailing list, but I guess the toothpaste is out of the tube now.
>
> A digest would be a nice option. I would probably not use it on this
> list for the same reason as Jonathan: some messages I care about and
> want to save, others I delete on sight. But on some other lists I
> subscribe to, I prefer the digest mode because I want to archive all or
> most of the messages and a digest is more convenient that way. The best
> choice is to offer a digest mode and allow members to choose which one
> they want.
>
> -Doug Ewell
> Fullerton, California